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Re: 9.3.0 F.A.Q - Problems? Please check here.

Tanks for the help yesturday, i had my pc overclocked and after reading another thread about cash dumps, i thought may be it was my pc playing up, i since set my bios back to normal and thus far using the standerd skin i had no problems with crashes or graphics for 4 or 5 hours straight gaming...

Re: 9.3.0 F.A.Q - Problems? Please check here.

im in desperate need of help here.

everytime i start the game the sports interactive icon tht comes up i can only see the lbue outline of it not the actual detial of the badge, then when it goes to the new game page my mouse is able to click on them but i cannot see it as it just a black screen, i have tried deleting my cache and uninstalling and reinstalling taking the skin i had on it and everything out of it and it still wont work. please someone help as this has only happened since patch 9.3 was downloade don it via steam

Re: 9.3.0 F.A.Q - Problems? Please check here.

Originally Posted by Kristallica

im in desperate need of help here.

everytime i start the game the sports interactive icon tht comes up i can only see the lbue outline of it not the actual detial of the badge, then when it goes to the new game page my mouse is able to click on them but i cannot see it as it just a black screen, i have tried deleting my cache and uninstalling and reinstalling taking the skin i had on it and everything out of it and it still wont work. please someone help as this has only happened since patch 9.3 was downloade don it via steam

Hi there.

Have you updated your graphics card drivers?

Post your dxdiag up here and I'll give you a bit more advice.

To get your dxdiag.

Windows XP

1 - Click Start
2 - Click 'run"
3 - in the text box type "dxdiag" and press return.
4 - Once the program has stopped gathering info click "Save all information" and save the file to somewhere you remember.
5 - go into the text file and copy/paste into a post here.

Re: 9.3.0 F.A.Q - Problems? Please check here.

Re: 9.3.0 Problems? Please check here.

[QUOTE=Steve Cox;2781254]In Game Questions

I have started a new game with the v9.3.0 patch, loaded english, (BSP and up) scottish (div 3), and other european leagues and put reputation to automatic, one season in and i wasnt offered anything and also not one conference manager was sacked through the season (only the 4 relegated clubs sacked their managers at the end of the season)

Surely this is a bug as you'd thnk at least 2-3 managers would get the chop in the BSP, as in the rest of the leagues there was the usual managerial merry go round. Is v9.3.0 buggered?

Re: 9.3.0 F.A.Q - Problems? Please check here.

HI everytime i click on something on my created fm games it keeps coming up saying XML parsing error and below that it says not well formed (invalid token) at line 1 of profile18.xml can u please help me solve this as it is spoiling my enjoyment of the game

Re: 9.3.0 F.A.Q - Problems? Please check here.

I'm having a problem, maybe a bug. In this menu, nothing shows up...
It was suposed to show, for example, ip, the users...etc etc
Any ideas to solve this ?
I tryed to change to original skin, and problem remains..

Re: 9.3.0 F.A.Q - Problems? Please check here.

Originally Posted by ZouK

I'm having a problem, maybe a bug. In this menu, nothing shows up...
It was suposed to show, for example, ip, the users...etc etc
Any ideas to solve this ?
I tryed to change to original skin, and problem remains..

Skins from previous versions can be broken with the new patch becuase of added functions.

And sadly that can affect the normal skins as well.

First thing to do is to try and reload your skin.

Go into:

Preferences -> Display and sound

And then click the tick box next to "always reload skin on confirmation"

Then click confirm.

If that doesn't work shut down the game and delete your skin cache.

Q - How do I delete my cache files?
A - This has changed slightly from Football Manager 2008. For Football Manager 2009 please use the following instructions:

Re: 9.3.0 F.A.Q - Problems? Please check here.

I dont know why new created players are without face,sometimes u can see hear,somtemis they are invisible)It was for me on 9.2.0 and it happening on 9.3.0. Is it my skin problem,but it happening on original FM 09 skin...

Re: 9.3.0 F.A.Q - Problems? Please check here.

Originally Posted by zicco

I dont know why new created players are without face,sometimes u can see hear,somtemis they are invisible)It was for me on 9.2.0 and it happening on 9.3.0. Is it my skin problem,but it happening on original FM 09 skin...

Re: 9.3.0 F.A.Q - Problems? Please check here.

Is there any way of going back to 9.2.0 and carrying on a game saved using that patch? Steam automatically downloaded 9.3.0 but after a few games it seems to have affected my team for the worse so I quit the game without saving. I notice if I start a new game I can select 9.2.0

Re: 9.3.0 F.A.Q - Problems? Please check here.

I did everything u said:apply for "always reload skin.." and deleted cache file,but it dosent changed..players are without a face,not all,but those who were .Maybe i need to reinstall the game,or is it some other probs?

Problem while viewing games...

I have just reinstalled FM, and deleted the cache. Then I installed the patch. Dont know how to put this in english; The match-view (both 2d and 3d) is very "jumping". I didnt have this problem while playing with the 9.1.0 patch. I have a Macbook btw.

Is there any solution for this problem? I dont wanna go back to the old patch.

Re: 9.3.0 F.A.Q - Problems? Please check here.

Originally Posted by andym78

Is there any way of going back to 9.2.0 and carrying on a game saved using that patch? Steam automatically downloaded 9.3.0 but after a few games it seems to have affected my team for the worse so I quit the game without saving. I notice if I start a new game I can select 9.2.0

I don't believe it would work, if it was saved. However, if you didn't save it, it's worth making a copy of it, before giving it a run.

Re: 9.3.0 F.A.Q - Problems? Please check here.

I have installed the patch 9.3.0 and so i have a problem with the face of the regens........i don't see the face but only the hair........i have recovery the skin, i have update my video driver but the problem remain.......
i play with the default skin.......help me!!!!
i have posted the screen of the regens's profile....

Re: Problem while viewing games...

Originally Posted by Rune_C

I have just reinstalled FM, and deleted the cache. Then I installed the patch. Dont know how to put this in english; The match-view (both 2d and 3d) is very "jumping". I didnt have this problem while playing with the 9.1.0 patch. I have a Macbook btw.

Is there any solution for this problem? I dont wanna go back to the old patch.

No one here that can help me with this problem? I had same problem with the 9.2.0 patch btw. The game is just not playable because of this.

Re: Problem while viewing games...

Originally Posted by Rune_C

No one here that can help me with this problem? I had same problem with the 9.2.0 patch btw. The game is just not playable because of this.

Ok, then... did the only thing I could do; downloaded 9.1.0 again and continued with my old save. This patch works just fine, so dont tell me that Im the one doing something wrong here, SIgames mods. And your silence to my question back up my opinion on the case. I hope you make a better patch for Mac next time. If not, my 11 years of CM/ FM-player may come to an end

Re: 9.3.0 F.A.Q - Problems? Please check here.

This isn't a problem with the patch but I didnt want to start a new thread. If I want to download the game, do I just go to the digital download sticky ,download the game and then pay for an activation code? . Do I then get the full game? Also I will be getting a new pc in a few months so do I burn the setup.exe to disk to keep my game?

Re: 9.3.0 F.A.Q - Problems? Please check here.

HELP PLEASE

I have already activated the game but when i load up the game i get a sports interactive menu asking for me to register my game again. I enter the code but then it says that i have entered an invalid key and error code 1003. The key is correct what can i do?

Re: 9.3.0 F.A.Q - Problems? Please check here.

Hi I started a new game with Stoke and when i came to choose my trasfer buget all it would let me have is £0 even if i chose title winner the wage buged increses but i dont get a trasfer buget, i have made sure i have ticked allow trasfer buget in first season and it still only gives me £0 any help guys?

Re: 9.3.0 F.A.Q - Problems? Please check here.

Originally Posted by swifty1988

simple question; on a mac, where i do instal the patch to? because i have installed it, open the game and it says 9.0...?

Dont expect fast answers in this thread, aspesially regarding Mac Seems like the SI-guys dont bother or dont know anytning about it. But I can help you I think. Just install the patch to "Programs (its probably not the right name in english)/ Sports Interactive/ FM 2009"

Re: 9.3.0 F.A.Q - Problems? Please check here.

Originally Posted by England123

i have tried that and stll no luck.

When you said you installed the patch, did you double-click on the patch after downloading it to start up the patching process? Or did you simply download the patch and placed it into your FM 2009 folder?

Re: 9.3.0 F.A.Q - Problems? Please check here.

I changed my tactics mid-season, saved the file but now my tactics keep reverting back to the original set of tactics I had (which stopped working) so I change back to the saved tactics and guess what, it reverts back again. Help!

Re: 9.3.0 F.A.Q - Problems? Please check here.

AAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRGH!

Through some miracle, I managed to get Newcastle in the title race. Then, I install this patch and:

i) I have to play 2 games when most of my team (quite a lot of U21's) are away on international duty.
ii) The injury problem HAS RETURNED. Back to the out-of-the-box levels for me. 5 first team players out for a month each, all in a week (2 in one game, 3 in another).

Ridiculous! Really has knackered my chances of a sublime title! I'll never catch those Mancs now!

Re: 9.3.0 F.A.Q - Problems? Please check here.

Hi.

Since installing the patch, making a new game takes ages. I have a pretty nifty pc, and starting a new save used to take a few minutes. Now it takes over half an hour, and says "not responding" the whole time its starting one

Re: 9.3.0 F.A.Q - Problems? Please check here.

My fm was working fine with the old patch but i've installed the 9.3.0 patch and now I can't start a new game. FM goes into not responding mode on small, medium and large databases and now an Application Error msg comes up after 15 mins saying = "A serious error was encountered and the application will close. AN error file has been generated".

Re: 9.3.0 F.A.Q - Problems? Please check here.

Hello i have 2 problems:

1. After I've installed the 9.3.0 patch I want to activate the game by phone but I only have one option: online activation, without phone activation.
2. When i try to uninstall the game it gives the following error (and not only on my machine but on several of my friends): "Could not find java virtual machine to load. You may need to reinstall a supported java virtual machine". I've updated to the latest java software but I still get the same error.

Re: 9.3.0 F.A.Q - Problems? Please check here.

Hey,

Currently I'm moderator of a forum focussed on Football Manager somewhere out there, and one of the issues I have been unable to solve is this (it has been coming up quite a few times now):

While installing the new patch, some of the member had to fill in their CD key again. So they grabbed their booklet, looked at the backed and put their code in the required fields. But after that the program said the code was already in use. So they cannot play their games. According to the problem descriptions the problem did not occur on their 9.1.0 or 9.2.0 versions.

So far I haven't been able to discover a problem for this anywhere around the net, and people seem unsure as to how to solve this.

Re: 9.3.0 F.A.Q - Problems? Please check here.

Currently I'm moderator of a forum focussed on Football Manager somewhere out there, and one of the issues I have been unable to solve is this (it has been coming up quite a few times now):

While installing the new patch, some of the member had to fill in their CD key again. So they grabbed their booklet, looked at the backed and put their code in the required fields. But after that the program said the code was already in use. So they cannot play their games. According to the problem descriptions the problem did not occur on their 9.1.0 or 9.2.0 versions.

So far I haven't been able to discover a problem for this anywhere around the net, and people seem unsure as to how to solve this.

Re: 9.3.0 F.A.Q - Problems? Please check here.

i have been playing on the new patch for a few weeks now with no problems im now half way through my 3rd season and cant load the game it keeps crashing and coming up saying saved game cant be loaded any help?

Re: 9.3.0 F.A.Q - Problems? Please check here.

Originally Posted by DavideRusso

I have installed the patch 9.3.0 and so i have a problem with the face of the regens........i don't see the face but only the hair........i have recovery the skin, i have update my video driver but the problem remain.......
i play with the default skin.......help me!!!!
i have posted the screen of the regens's profile....

Re: 9.3.0 F.A.Q - Problems? Please check here.

Originally Posted by scottmorton23

i have been playing on the new patch for a few weeks now with no problems im now half way through my 3rd season and cant load the game it keeps crashing and coming up saying saved game cant be loaded any help?

Can you report this in the bugs forum and follow the instructions there please.

You'll need to upload your saved game to the FTP, details are inside the bugs forum.

Re: 9.3.0 F.A.Q - Problems? Please check here.

Is there any reason 9.3.0 should require more memory/processor usage than 9.2.0?

My previous game is a fair bit slower than it was. The new game I started, with the same DB(large); same players added from nations(15 or so...) and same active leagues(8 from 3 nations) as before, is 2.5 to 3 times slower. It is also more prone to stalling, not crashing just not responding for a while.

I am playing windowed with an edited custom skin(darkhorizons - with a few tweaks) but have tried it in default with no noticable improvement.

Re: 9.3.0 F.A.Q - Problems? Please check here.

Originally Posted by Mike.83

Hi.

Since installing the patch, making a new game takes ages. I have a pretty nifty pc, and starting a new save used to take a few minutes. Now it takes over half an hour, and says "not responding" the whole time its starting one

Anyone else finding this?

Just starting a new save on a friends PC now, and its the same. Takes an absolute age to start it up, then ages to creat the database, while its doing it too, it says its not responding and shows a white screen the whole time. Its been about 10 minutes making it now. The PC is a speedy thing too so its not down to hardware.

Re: 9.3.0 F.A.Q - Problems? Please check here.

Hi, I'm really hoping that someone can help me, i downloaded patch 9.3 and via the bit torrent, then i opened FM and the patch started to load, however halfway through it stoped and gave me a message saying that "file is corrupted". so i closed FM and re-downloaded the patch again. but this time Fm would not open at all. windows came up with the message "Football manager has stoped working windows is looking for a solution". so to put it simply its buggered! and to top it wall my next match was Brighton v Barca in champs league final. gutted. can anyone help?

Re: 9.3.0 F.A.Q - Problems? Please check here.

hi i got issues with this patch as well. as i was running a lower spec laptop when it first came out im running 3 leagues currently. im in 29th august 2010 and it keeps crashing and turning off my laptop. it never happened before but now i cant get my game to carry on. i didnt have any overheating and cpu issues before this pacth but now its ridiculus. the game is miles slower since this patch. takes over 5 mins to load a matchup then around 10 mins to play the match on commentary only. some help from si would be helpful and also another bug i recogn but injuries are now worse since this patch 9.2 was fine for me. help appreciated

Re: 9.3.0 F.A.Q - Problems? Please check here.

Strikers not scoring!!! What on earth is going on?? I've been playing with my Milan team now for some time (just started my 3rd season and the forwards are still failing to hit the net. I also know this is the same with quite a few people playing the game with various other teams, eg Man Utd, Valencia, Hoffenheim to name a few. Any tips???

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DxDiag Notes
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DirectX Files Tab: The file d3d9d.dll is a debug version, which will run slower than the retail version.
Display Tab 1: The file nv4_disp.dll is not digitally signed, which means that it has not been tested by Microsoft's Windows Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL). You may be able to get a WHQL logo'd driver from the hardware manufacturer.
Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
Music Tab: No problems found.
Input Tab: No problems found.
Network Tab: No problems found.